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Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day One)

Sat, Sep 23, 1:00pm3:00pm

Free
Female dance wearing red in an outstretched stance, in the middle of a lush green spot of grass and audiences sitting nearby
Date:
Sat, Sep 23
Time:
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Venue:
Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts.
San Francisco, CA + Google Map
Phone:
(415) 543-1718
Cost:
Free

A two-weekend festival of site-specific work, the Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest showcases the extravagant creativity, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area dance scene. Programmed by RAWdance for its first five years, YBG ChoreoFest opens a new chapter co-curated by David Herrera Performance Company (Artistic Director David Herrera) and PUSH Dance Company (Artistic Director Raissa Simpson and Associate Artistic Director Ashley Gayle).

David Herrera, Raissa Simpson, Ashley Gayle.
David Herrera, Raissa Simpson, Ashley Gayle.

The two companies lay the groundwork for a dance festival promoting and presenting contemporary, modern hip hop and global dance forms. A recipient of the National Latino Arts & Culture Leadership Fellowship and many other grants, commissions and residencies, David Herrera launched David Herrera Performance Company in 2007 in response to the lack of Latinx visibility and representation on the U.S. modern dance scene. A highly sought after educator, scholar, interdisciplinary artist and award-winning choreographer hailing from African-descended sharecroppers and an immigrant from the Philippines, Raissa Simpson founded PUSH to examine the body as a site for racial discourse. Together, these companies have designed the sixth annual YBG ChoreoFest with extraordinary performances throughout the Gardens’ lawns and architecture by an array of distinguished local dance companies.

 

YBG ChoreoFest 2023 Dates:

  • Day One: September 23, 2022
  • Day Two: September 30, 2022

Dance companies TBA.

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